An ice cream shop has three ice cream flavors, three syrup flavors, and three toppings.
Ice Cream Shop Options
Ice Cream Flavors
vanilla chocolate strawberry
Syrup Flavors hot fudge caramel butterscotch
Toppings sprinkles nuts
cookie pieces
What is the total number of combinations of one ice cream flavor, one syrup flavor, and one topping that a customer could have?
• A. 3
B. 9
• c. 18
• D. 27
E. 30
The total number of combinations can be found by multiplying the number of options for each category together. In this case, there are 3 options for ice cream flavors, 3 options for syrup flavors, and 3 options for toppings.
3 ice cream flavors x 3 syrup flavors x 3 toppings = 27
Therefore, the correct answer is D. 27.